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forum => International forum for English speakers => General discussion => : Syates November 27, 2007, 12:26:25 AM

: istock (international)
: Syates November 27, 2007, 12:26:25 AM
As they don't have ftp, do you use web upload or do you use one of their tools? SY
: Re: How do you submit to Istock?
: khz November 29, 2007, 10:06:48 AM
once i was an exclusive there, i was using imanager to ul my images, it was handy and fast, but a long time ago there occured some problems with that program, especially when the DA thing come out, so i quited and start to ul via web. it sucks using http for ul'ing, after ul'ing via ftp to other sites...
: Re: How do you submit to Istock?
: dolgachov December 01, 2007, 02:30:15 PM
used manager, then it became useless.

using web now
: Re: How do you submit to Istock?
: DNF-Style December 05, 2007, 12:24:34 PM
Then I think I have some good newes for you.
I am using a new prog developed by an IS exclusive.
It is calles Lightstock and let's you key, name, describe, categorise and attach a MR.
Disadvantages:
* file by file
* sometimes updates make the program ful of errors and you have to reinstall the old version

Advantages:
*All the work at once
*Much easier unattended uploads
*Constant developement, lightboxes in the making will be the newest update.

Find it at Istock forum]http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=51279&page=1]Istock forum (http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=51279&page=1)
: Re: How do you submit to Istock?
: Syates January 08, 2008, 03:40:07 AM
Anybody else using LightStock? SY
: IStock is getting even more careful now...
: Syates January 08, 2008, 07:42:04 PM
Reading this article http://www.istockphoto.com/article_view.php?ID=392 (http://www.istockphoto.com/article_view.php?ID=392) something tells me that we are in for some really interesting rejections,  ::) SY
: Re: IStock is getting even more careful now...
: DNF-Style January 08, 2008, 09:32:38 PM
Pfew were glad we mainly do studio stuff
: Re: IStock is getting even more careful now...
: Syates January 08, 2008, 09:42:56 PM
Just make sure that your models only wear plain, very plain clothes, because if it could be a recognisable design of a t-shirt  >:D SY
: Re: How do you submit to Istock?
: F!x January 09, 2008, 12:45:13 PM
Web upload it's good for me.  ;)
: Re: How do you submit to Istock?
: DNF-Style January 11, 2008, 10:00:32 PM
Web upload it's good for me.  ;)
Because you haven't tried Lightstock yet ;-)
This week one of our colleagues decided to quit with IS. Now he is happy up and running again because he started using Lightstock.
Yep I am a walking talking advertising machine.
Dis I mention it is FREE?
: Little celebration!
: Syates January 15, 2008, 03:31:11 PM
Just got my first pay-out at Istock, with only 75 files on line  ;D SY
: Re: Little celebration!
: F!x January 15, 2008, 04:24:35 PM
Gz!  ;)
: Re: Little celebration!
: Kuzma January 15, 2008, 04:24:35 PM
Just got my first pay-out at Istock, with only 75 files on line  ;D SY
Congratulations!I was so happy when i got my first Istock cheque O0
: Re: Little celebration!
: Syates January 15, 2008, 04:38:40 PM
Thank you both  ;D SY
: Re: Little celebration!
: sshaw75 January 16, 2008, 12:45:10 AM
Congrats.  I've Managed 2 out of them so far, and about 1/2 way to my third, but things seemed to have slowed down since the end of November. But, the new price increase is nice!
: Re: Little celebration!
: Syates January 16, 2008, 12:50:18 AM
Thank you! Reaching payout in a few months with only 75 on line really amazes me  O0 SY
: Payoneer experiences?
: Syates January 18, 2008, 01:44:52 AM
Anybody here using payoneer payment card for Istock? Does it work well? Would you recommend it? SY
: uploads
: sshaw75 January 19, 2008, 10:10:15 PM
I just went to submit some files and I get the maxed out message. I have a limit of 20, and it shows I have uploaded 25 and can not upload any more. Checking back through I think I have only uploaded about 12 or so files in the past while. Is there something going on, uploads closed or something? Anyone else experiencing this?
: Re: uploads
: DNF-Style January 27, 2008, 04:17:06 PM
Do you have some unfinished uploads ? images that you have uploaded but not have finished?
: Re: uploads
: sshaw75 January 27, 2008, 08:22:22 PM
I went into the que and had a bunch of uploads that appeared out of no where (no pictures in them).  So I had to delete them and all was good
: How does iStock's reviewing work?
: lilcrazyfuzzy January 28, 2008, 11:55:42 PM
Cause i really can't figure it out,
they obviously don't review in batches
But i just got 10(ish) accepted, while i had 14 uploaded, 2 were rejected and 2 were still in the queue (uploaded about the same time, a bit later maybe)
The latter one was just reviewed, but the one before is still pending, i don't understand that
: Re: How does iStock's reviewing work?
: sshaw75 January 29, 2008, 12:18:48 AM
I believe it is because they are uploaded one at a time, and then divided up between reviewers.  So it would seem that a certain reviewer wsent through their batches before the person who got the older ones. 
: Re: Little celebration!
: sshaw75 January 29, 2008, 12:20:31 AM
they seemed to have picked up again.  I'm sitting at 32 dl's so far this month.  Gotta love when the large and XXlarge sell, those $2-$5 bumps are nice
: Re: How does iStock's reviewing work?
: Syates January 29, 2008, 12:31:24 AM
As far as I know each reviewer does "call" a random batch of 20 from the queue and reviews them in PS. SY
: Re: Little celebration!
: picamaniac January 29, 2008, 12:54:00 AM
Congratulations! ;D